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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the girls walk?
(a) The the cousin's neighbor's house.
(b) To an ice cream store.
(c) To the basement where the party is going on.
(d) To a large amphitheater in the park.

2. What is it about the East Side train that makes the narrator and Neeka's family uneasy?
(a) The tracks are really rough.
(b) Not knowing exactly where they are supposed to get off.
(c) The train is swaying and making them a little seasick.
(d) The train is full of white people.

3. What does the narrator envy about Neeka?
(a) Her family's money.
(b) Neeka's brilliance.
(c) Her noisy family.
(d) Her perfect features.

4. How does Randall resemble Tash?
(a) He is calm and somber.
(b) He is an effeminate gay man.
(c) He is devious.
(d) He is religious.

5. What does Sly convince Tash to do?
(a) Take Sly and a friend to Randall's home.
(b) Go to an illegal gambling joint.
(c) Beat up a cop.
(d) Borrow some money and bet on some horses.

6. Upon what does the narrator remark concerning the beautiful day?
(a) It is ironic that it is such a beautiful day considering where they are going.
(b) She can't imagine seeing the day through prison bars.
(c) She hopes all Neeka's days will be this beautiful.
(d) She can't wait for Tupac to get out of prison and experience such a beautiful day.

7. Why does Jayjones think black people have been falsely imprisoned?
(a) He does not know why.
(b) They can't afford good lawyers.
(c) Racism.
(d) They are not given fair trials because the system is too overloaded.

8. To what does the narrator relate Tupac's arrest?
(a) To the arrest of others in Queens.
(b) To how slaves were brutalized.
(c) To Mahatma Gandhi's arrest.
(d) To Mandela's arrest.

9. Who does Tash say he will repay?
(a) The judge who sent him there.
(b) Miss Irene.
(c) His brother.
(d) Tupac.

10. Why does Randall not tell his side of the story?
(a) He is hospitalized.
(b) He hates Tash now.
(c) He is intimidated.
(d) He is dead.

11. What happens to the narrator and Neeka in May?
(a) They both turn 16.
(b) They graduate from high school.
(c) They both turn 12.
(d) They are arrested for loitering.

12. How does the narrator describe the prison guards?
(a) As cold.
(b) As kindly.
(c) As intimidating.
(d) As friendly.

13. What happens after Tupac recovers from being shot?
(a) He moves to California.
(b) He is sent to prison.
(c) He writes a rap song about racism and the justice system
(d) He decides to sue the girl who accuses him.

14. What does the narrator say about the evidence against Tupac for sexual assault?
(a) It is overwhelming that the accuser is lying.
(b) It is overwhelming against Tuapc.
(c) The narrator does not mention the evidence.
(d) It is scanty.

15. What does D ask one late night when she comes to the narrator's home?
(a) To get advice from the narrator's mother.
(b) To borrow money.
(c) To have something to eat.
(d) To sleep over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sly and the other man do at Randall's?

2. About what does Neeka complain?

3. What is one thing Jayjones says black people cannot do?

4. What does the narrator compare herself to regarding her height?

5. What do the three girls vow to do?

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